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In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with  Dom Hallas , Executive Director of the  UK’s Startup Coalition , to explore how the organization is influencing policy at the intersection of startups, venture capital, and government. From immigration reform to capital access and regulatory red tape, Dom brings a candid view on what it takes to create real impact for founders across Europe. They div...

At the EUVC Summit 2025, the Firm of the Year award didn’t go to a household name—or a partner of the presenter.  It went to a firm that’s quietly built one of the most impactful portfolios in European venture over the past decade: Credo Ventures  – winner of this year’s Firm of the Year Award. And the irony? They didn’t see it coming. “I never really liked awards like this… but maybe I’m ready to...

At the EUVC Summit 2025,  Tom Wilson  took the stage to highlight something we often overlook when talking about Europe’s breakout tech stories: “The real engine of growth isn’t just the unicorns. It’s what happens after.” Tom opened with a striking stat: “Over 2,000 startups have been founded by alumni of just 250 European unicorns.” This ripple effect—beautifully documented in the  Atomico State...

In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier sit down with Paul Morgenthaler , Partner at CommerzVentures , to unpack the inner workings of a single-LP CVC and how strategic structure can drive long-term VC success. Paul shares insights from over a decade of fintech investing, offering a rare look into how one of Europe’s leading corporate venture arms thinks about climate, compliance, and t...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we welcome Enrique Alvarado Hablutzel , Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Chi Impact Capital , and Marvin Nusseck , Finance Lead at Circle Economy . Together they’re behind the landmark Circularity Gap Report , the...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast , where Dan Bowyer , Mads Jensen of SuperSeed , and Lomax unpack the forces shaping European venture capital. This week: Can Europe build a “VC Alliance” like the US and India? Why pensions remain the missing piece of Europe’s capital markets. Gold, bonds, and macro risk: what really matters for startups. Google’s antitrust reprieve, th...

At EUVC Summit 2025, few sessions packed as much history, humility, and hard-earned wisdom as the conversation with  Bernard Dallé  and  Thomas Kristensen . What began as a one-man show in the early ’90s—when venture in Europe was barely a concept—has become one of the most respected platforms in the global industry. “I joined Index before it even existed as a venture firm. It was still Index Secu...

At the EUVC Summit 2025, the “Impact Leader of the Year” award went to a voice that’s impossible to ignore—and equally impossible to copy. Hampus Jakobsson , General Partner at Pale Blue Dot , was honored for his relentless push to bring urgency, clarity, and conviction to climate investing. The award, presented by Google Cloud , recognized not just a fund or a firm, but a force in the ecosystem—s...

European VC Power Law Report: Why Revenue Beats Unicorn Status Dealroom's recently released 2025 Power Law Investors Ranking 2025 report offers a unique milestone for European venture capital: 700 companies across EMEA now generate over $100 million in annual revenue. These aren't just unicorns floating on paper valuations. These are businesses with real customers paying real money. The report int...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast , where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today’s conversation takes us on a global journey from Croatia to San Francisco to uncover how one founder caught lightning in a bottle and is now racing to harness it. Our guest: Ivan Burazin , founder of Daytona . With a caree...

When  Hampus Jakobsson  and  Romain Diaz  took the stage at EUVC Summit 2025, the conversation wasn’t about convincing people that climate matters.  That part’s done. This was about the harder bit: → How do we fund the climate transition  without compromising ambition ? → How do we handle LPs who see impact as indulgence, or carbon reporting as box-ticking? → And how do we build conviction-led por...

Europe has just gained its first unapologetically defense-first venture fund. Archangel Ventures , led by Nicholas Nelson and Daniel Carew , is not here to hedge, not here to play dual-use semantics, but to put defense front and center. Nic brings the lived experience of government, strategy, and deployments, with the policy networks to match. Daniel comes from a deep tech/DARPA-inspired investing...

Welcome back to another episode of Upside at the EUVC Podcast, where Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen of SuperSeed, and this week’s guest Andreas from EUVC unpack what’s happening in European venture capital. This week: Nvidia’s meteoric rise (and first signs of slowdown), Apple’s clash with UK regulators, and why regulators may be fighting yesterday’s battles. Plus: Trump’s Intel equity grab, whether gove...

At the EUVC Summit 2025,  Cherry Ventures ’  Christian   and  Elsa Deseilligny  from Cambridge Associates offered a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to stay true to your mission while building a firm that lasts. At the center of it all? The founder. For Cherry, “Founders First” isn’t just a slogan. It’s a system. “Putting the founder at the center—doing everything to make them thrive—that’s...

Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC podcast, where Andreas Munk Holm explores the cutting edge of European venture capital. Today’s guest is Louis Dussart , Partner at RTP Global . Louis entered venture at just 20 years old with White Star Capital, built a startup bridging Europe and China, and now helps lead RTP Global’s European strategy. In this conversation, he shares why Europe faces a polit...

Welcome back to the Impact Highlight Series , powered by EUVC, Impact VC, and Impact Supporters . Over the past months, we’ve hosted ten conversations with some of the most thoughtful GPs, LPs, and unicorn founders shaping the impact investing landscape. In this special capstone episode, August Solliv ( Impact Supporters ) and Dougie Sloan ( Impact VC & Better Society Capital ) sit down to unp...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we welcome David Vlerick , Founding Partner at Bluegrass Ventures , to discuss how LP capital can be mobilised with meaning, why a platform approach makes venture more accessible, and what it takes to shift mindsets in a co...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring together Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. This week, we sit down with Will Wells , founder-turned-VC, and now Partner at Speedinvest , where he leads deep tech and supports the firm’s growth strategy. Will’s journey spans building Hummingbird Technologies , an AI...

Welcome to the Impact Highlight series, powered by EUVC, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we sit down with Chloe Dagnell from Isomer Capital , one of Europe’s most active LPs, to unpack what institutional investors are looking for, how impact sits alongside returns, and what makes a GP truly stand out. With more than six years at Isomer Capital and a...

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today’s guest is Omri Benayoun , General Partner at Partech , one of Europe’s premier investment platforms. Since 2014, Omri has co-led Partech’s growth equity strategy, raising more than €1B across two funds and backing some of...

At the EUVC Summit 2025, Mehmet Atici from Bek Ventures aimed a popular narrative—that Europe is underperforming as a tech region. Not because it’s untrue, but because it’s incomplete. “Yes, there’s catching up to do. But you can’t argue there’s no dynamism in Europe—it’s just not evenly distributed.” And once you look closer, the picture changes fast. Much of the “Europe must act” discourse comes...

At the EUVC Summit 2025, Kerry Baldwin ( IQ Capital ) and Chris Elphick led one of the most urgent conversations of the year: Can Europe mobilize its pension capital to fund innovation—or will it stay stuck on the sidelines? With £1 trillion expected to be funneled into innovation, growth, and venture by 2030, the opportunity is massive. But unlocking it will take more than speeches and slogans. I...

At this year’s EUVC Summit Awards, the “Exit of the Year” category drew intense debate—and for good reason. Europe is finally entering its outcome era , and this year brought no shortage of competitive contenders. But one exit stood out. Winner: SV Health Investors , for the exit of EyeBio As the host reminded us, this award isn’t just about a number on a term sheet: “With exits, we’re celebrating...

At EUVC Summit 2025, Joe Schorge of Isomer Capital didn’t come with slides—he came with a metaphor. And it stuck. He asked the room to imagine orchards of fruit. Not just apples or oranges, but a whole harvest cultivated over 12 to 14 years . Venture-backed companies. GPs. Fund positions. GP stakes. A record crop, grown with care across the UK and Europe. “We’ve never had this much high-quality fr...

At the EUVC Summit 2025, Stephen Lowery of HSBC Innovation Banking laid out a vision that wasn’t just about capital—it was about building the infrastructure to unlock the next wave of innovation. “The future is not going to finance itself.” And the tools we need? Most of them don’t exist yet. We’re entering a new era—one where emerging categories like robotics, deeptech, AI hardware, and compute-i...